Some brave divers have a close encounter with a massive great white shark around the waters off of Isla de Guadalupe. Photo information via National Geographic’s Photography Contest:
Photo and caption by David Litchfield
Cage divers confront a great white shark
Location: Isla de Guadalupe
Via National Geographic’s Photography Contest and Gizmodo
Image via Struggle for life on Flickr
See more animal camouflage here on The Conservation Report.
According to Wikimedia, Agama sinaita “is common in deserts around the shores of the Red Sea … [and] the male turns striking[ly] blue to attract females.”
Image via Mike Heydon/Jet Productions NZ Limited via Getty
According to the New Scientist:
Staff at Pukaha Mount Bruce wildlife centre on New Zealand’s North Island spotted Manukura’s trouble when she started refusing to eat and moving strangely.
X-rays taken at Wellington Zoo revealed the problem. While kiwis often swallow small stones to help break down hard-to-digest foods, Manukua had swallowed stones too large to pass safely through her digestive tract.
A urologist was called in to blast the stones apart using lasers, a treatment similar to that used on patients with kidney stones. To see it it action, watch the video footage of the unusual surgery.
Via io9, BBC, and the New Scientist
More via the European Space Agency:
Eberswalde crater contains a rare case of a martian delta. Channels which fed the lake in the crater are very well preserved. The delta deposits and channels together provide a clear indication of liquid surface water during the early history of Mars.
Credits: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin (G. Neukum)
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